Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-29

Of tie Ua1Hflf9s- he Llf1LEt $3.50
TIE vinni1g pint - izsS3 s'eiOck asd .
4 fuli Dgsss d saHpsss, ne giod a. tsst
koag hsing pertb set. 10 tie paseiDE
tbe line a EOaess's Point, The vision
Ga yscbt
ETkKD FIVE GUEs,
Ard tie tias vas e once taken b the
eoeiety a.eubsfa % tbs kgy4i Fsebf
Club. who bad been 90 tee ~ kogs for
kef axriyA4. Tue Clsb inaz holstsd
eiensl anE0ub1sng tie Connects srriYsis
kk,e vartoae stations ais serhR toe pes
mart 4 hs VIVID We DivwlEg Ezfd AID
sac CoFOBsf entered Cork baFsyg q
spMnkine style. vita 81 sails ses snc
kasglss tbs HeEsEef s1ofs. ffGm starr
10 hnssb TIE CsrOaEt sxpfsisDeea s.fg1R
eeles vita fFsmsssOss sess On ias-
day snd Ntcbescsy !zsi chs hOve . f9r
several bOurs saso dsy, AID made e13y
- miles 10 f0TtJ eight ngnTs. hsI
sxsrses run dsFIng tos passage V4Tsso
from 20 - - miles day.
TIxE or The v0IAsE.
ogKKsEIswH. March z7.-Ihs Cofoues
arrived - lZs4i 3. ~. The apparent
time ooeapisd 10 tbe psssaRs vas u
days, - h0afs, - Gslnusea ana - 80.
onds, 1he sc.aal time. c0mPuted OF
the Gfeenwicb basis, va IL days, -
BOurs, 3 minutes and II sec nds. lie
whole uumseF Of usuilcai miles sailed
IL 1913. The longest dsy's run sas 81 B
rnilea, msoe Oh Saturday, March z5sb.
and tbs shortest Sss miles, made on
Tuesday, March "a
TmE wKATnEE VAS UEo0Aa1aLY sTuE1fY
Even for this season of the year. NJ
less than ssven LeaYy gales contributed
10 keep the sea IN fgment for eltysa
days OF The tFip, and for two days the
weather Was ~ severe h8 70 make tbs
question VI the yachts living through
them somewhat dguDtiui. bhe behaved
aUlendidly, bOSeyef, 10 ell sorts o.
weather aud proved herself enc Of the
stsnnchesi, " not 0ue OF the fastest
vessels Of Der sire ah0at. NJ accidents
happestd 90 any Of the sailors. despite
the great risks they were c0mpsiied b
undertake A. times. With tue eKeep
sion Of thfec tOrn sails aud sOnle bfOksn
tackle. everything % bOafd tbs boat
VS. IN ~ good SHAPE When hsF anchor
VS. Dropped Fl Y isenst9vB ~ WhsB
10 was RAISED ID Iotnpkinsyilie, staten
Island. IL u tBousht
A MUCH oUicxKB PASSAGE
Might have been msde bad Captain
Crosby carFisd more sail on several
occasisps when ihe wind vas light; bul
the sky vas thfsaieuiug and be VAs
very caati0us. aud his iadzmeot vas
controlled largely BY Ine barometer.
whioA was nuah OF the time balow -
and seldom sboss 20 go the nomlnAl
height IN she latitude tFevsFssd. The
course was made lltlle more uOrtneriy
than gas sh0uRhl safe. Fortunately 90
ioebeFEs OF field. u ice we're encoun-
tered.
ON BOARD THE coBosEr.
L0NuoN. March zT.-1he number 81
persons on board lhs Oorenst vas -.
ine.uiisR Is sailurs, rfisers, a cook,
steward, mess boz aud 8 20 IS Iae
officers we're Captain, q. 4. Crosby I;
navigator, {. @. Andrew; mAtes, ". A.
Whittier aud OIto Petersen; and boat
swain, Augustus BsFghoim fhs I'D
vantage gained by tie CofaBet AZ the
start increased the e0GbdsBoe Of thosr
on board "a both beat AID skipper. IL
vas the first time that Captain Crosby
bad participated 10 q yacht race OF ans
HAnWa AAf CIV hAlnaAh ~ AANt nc NEAieA
Captain SAmuels OF she Dauntless. vitb
his past txpcrleu e, w0ald succeed ID
passing the starting liae somewhat
ahead.
How REKDLEss THKsk. APPREHENsfOss
We're IL already known. IL IL not too
much b. SAY that IA bis name uvsriug b.
displayed more judgment and tact tn
IL usually seen 10 races near New YORK.
After taking tie Anehor on boaEc ~ 1t
o'clock on the morning n the start, be
was Oh Os'a Head surveying the water
aud verifying the posilisn 81 busys "
and ~, between which his yacht mast
pas. After The proper signals bad bseu
made ffon ths iadses' tgg ard when the
preparatory sisnAl bad been gwen, the
Corsnut vas hrid up With her head 60
ward the Battery. Crosby held the
wheel and b. bis side was OlgtAin An
derson, watch 10 band. cuuhtiug the
seconds. Seven minutes from the time
Of the aFst signal Crosby ordered the
helm "AaTd-a-port' 90 bring tie boats
head around.
EHK FAIRLY FLKw
Before the strong Bortheriy wind. As
Il had BEEN arranged that the starting
signal would be u zen ten minutes after
the preparatory sigr Al, u SEEMED prob
able that the CorOuet would reach gha
line fully minuts before the time for
the second signal, ghsn il would b.
necessary TO 30 about, thas causing con
siderable loss II tine. Crosby was
equal 20 chs emergency, however. When
he tealiEd wnat vas imminent he
spilled the Wind cot 81 the sheafs
bringing The BIG schooner reArly e. =
siandstlll. Mhen tGcaguAl wAs tnsliv
given be paid cut The sheets fore ana
ait and ran ~ she sq8sre-sAil fnrsatay
sail and t0p-sail. and IN 40 sscapas bsd
the Cotunet across The line. Ibe pauat
less, it Will h. rstnelsb rcd, Vas nearly
mile away With her stern toward tbe
judges beat.
NNkHr POSSIBLE STITCH on CANVAS
Was spread on toe Gourmet as shs srsd
threugh the natrows AZ th- rate % thtr
teen ntsee Az h0Rr surrounded hv tags
sssamts>, aud steam Yachts. nlre or
twice, when under the lee % htsh I I'D.
u seemed ~ though her opponent uas
gaining on her rspidiy, but whcu the
wied allied the sails Again she iefl
TnK Quantities. FURruER AsrEKs
Than al The starr. Toe tarlunus swAsb
% ID chauuel having eesa lla~td 90
. the ocean, SaadS Hook lighthouse bofs
vest By soute and the eFva ssA portion
Of he tflp b. san. The course lad wss
east by south. The shy wAs Gear and
the hres e., Which had W red Araana q
the northwusi, ws~ freshened. The q
c0gslou bost Bay X des, which Was tie
only one % toC h~ct OF steamers 10 sc
company the Escins yachts as far e.
Sandy huce Nehgheuse. steamed back
AZ Sc ~ $40 9. ~. its relative psss
zion 81 tbs sctccucfs VS. ucarlv tba
same as Stcn they gAssed ItFaarh tie
nArrows, and tie two we're steering "a,
skHe eourse. Iee sind was usw great
" increased and heavy - was res
ming abeana- The balloon sud skv al.
and toy sails On bola boats xere takau
IN ahont the same monsnL Teen ~
DAuntisss dFerped assetn rapidly sns
81 8 O'Clock
Sra VAS HvtI Down
Slx miles away. Sas hsd ehsnrrd b.,
course 20 sozthesst and - before DIRK
ness st Ia oniy her tppusssJs wrre VS.
bic. TIE frst SEDtsy VS. marked, =,
we're ssysu OF tee = ssoeedisG DAYS. q,
gale which caHs froA the uofthsas'
seen after mt3nicht AhhgrQn fairi,
moderate u WAs accompanied by 4 vsrs
aar.ssst Rad So usHtssk ssaAz ak.a 49,